NEW YORK Ossie Davis, the imposing, unshakable actor who championed racial justice on stage, on screen and in ... Men" (1997). He was a cast member on "The Defenders" from 1963-65, and "Evening Shade" ...

NEW YORK -- Ossie Davis, whose rich baritone and elegant, unshakable bearing made him a giant of the stage, screen and the civil rights movement -- often in tandem with his wife, Ruby Dee -- has died.